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The cities of New England have cold storage facilities for a 

 total of 3,690,740 bushels of apples. Of this amount 3,151,240 bushels 

 are in Massachusetts. There are 95 country point cold storage warehouses 

 in New England v/ith a total capacity of 2,032,550 bushels. Of these, Massa- 

 chusetts has 38 storages with a capacity of 1,067,300 bushels. Omitting 

 from the totals, three large custom-typo cold store.ge v/arehouscs holding 

 500,000 bushels, tho 35 remaining are "farm" storages which hold 567,300 

 bushels, or an average of 16,200 bushels per storage. 



It is interesting to note that Connecticut has 35 such storages 

 with a total capacity of 516,000 bushels or an average of 14,750 bushels 

 per storage. W. R. Cole 



Apple Conference Recommendations 



Out of the apple conference hold in Washington, D« C, June 6 and 

 7, have come the following recommendations of interest to the apple industry. 



1. A committee should be formed of representatives from each of the Bureaus 

 of the Department of Agriculture, v;hose v/ork is connected v/ith the apple 

 and fruit industry. This committee v/ould have the following functions: 



a. Correlate the v/ork of the various divisions of the Department per- 

 taining to the apple industry. 



b. Indicate hov/ the v/ork of each division can best fit intu a unified 

 research and educational program. 



c. Furnish educational material to State extension and other educa- 

 tional agencies. 



d. Assist the apple industry and State educational agencies in develop- 

 ing programs designed to remedy problems confronting the industry. 



2. Each State Extension Service should designate at least one representative 

 to work closely with the Departmental Committee in the development of in- 

 dustry programs and use of research material. 



3. Research activities in the States pertaining to problems of the a-pple in- 

 dustry should be stimulated and correlated through the Departmental Com- 

 mittee. 



4. Outlook work pertaining to the 1938-39 apple marketing season should be 

 started in advance of the season, preferably in August and September. 



a. The assistance of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Marketing 

 Division of the A. A. A., and Extension Service is requested in de- 

 veloping this program. 



5. Further consideration should be given to tho problem of eliminating cull 

 and low-grade fruit from markets, particularly in years of large crops. 



a. Additional research is needed to determine the effect of such re- 

 strictions upon tho income of growers in various producing areas. 



6. Research relative to present and new by-product uses of apples and im- 

 provements in methods of production should be continued. 



7. Further improvement of statistics relating to production, utilization, 

 and distribution of the apple crop should be made. 



